Disneyland Paris Virtual Queue: How to Meet Characters

How to make sure you manage to meet characters at Disneyland Paris.

You Need to Visit Nigloland

At this point, it should be fairly apparent that one of my greatest joys in life is a good theme park. But more than that, I love a good weird theme park. Over the past few years I’ve been trying my best to get the big guns of Europe ticked off. Europa Park, Phantasialand, Efteling, […]

Spooky Season Round-Up 2024

Spooky season is once more drawing to a close. As I write this, I’ve just packed away my ‘Graveyard Smash’ and ‘Pumpkin Chai’ candles and I’m gazing out upon my neighbour’s glistening Christmas lights – yes, already! But before I start festooning my own home with lights, I couldn’t resist a look back on what […]

All Aboard The Hype-ria Train!

There’s a new roller coaster at Thorpe Park. How bizarre it feels to finally say that! 12 long, long years after my beloved The Swarm debuted at my most-visited UK park, the skyline has not only changed, it has been rewritten. So, does the new coaster live up to the Hype-ria? I’ve actually waited a […]

The Case Against Second Gates: Ferrari Land

What exactly is it that makes a theme park a theme park? Themed experiences, attractions… rides? It’s rides mostly, right? Sure, theme parks exist without them, most notably Puy du Fou who excel predominantly in shows, but even Ghibli Park in Japan is adding rides. So, how many rides do you need for a theme […]

Not Everything About Europa-Park Is Great

So, before we get into this, I want to make it clear that I am absolutely not here to be a hater. I love theme parks, love them. I promise I could have found a better way to spend 67 of my days last year if I didn’t. This means it’s even more bizarre and […]

Together on the Nautilus: A Disney Dash

When I planned a grand total of 34 hours in France, the mission was simple: renew my annual pass. This was all well and good until the week before I was set to depart, when the new Disneyland Pass was announced, the old passes withdrawn, and the renewal window halved to just one month meaning […]

USA 2022 Day 13: Hersheypark

Located in Hershey, Pennsylvania – a mere 400 miles from Cedar Point, our previous day’s park – is one of the most comprehensive rollercoaster collections in the United States, and it just so happens to be situated in a theme park themed to (questionable) chocolate! Of all the parks on our trip, I went into […]

The Magic of Tivoli Gardens

In the early 1950s, Walt Disney took a trip to Copenhagen. He was in the early planning stages of an amusement enterprise, and where better to gain inspiration than one of the oldest amusement parks in the world? Walt walked around Tivoli Gardens, making notes on the food, the gardens, the rides, and even the […]

The Lodges at ZSL London Zoo

Having seen ZSL London Zoo’s Lodges listed in many ‘best wildlife experiences in the UK’ lists, it seemed like the perfect birthday treat for my animal-loving partner. Neither of us had visited the world’s oldest scientific zoo before, which seemed like even more of a reason to book the best possible introduction to the place! […]